Cabinet door mounting



Dec. 15, 1931. s. HAMMER CABINET DOOR MOUNTING Filed Feb. 6, 1930 ORNEYPatented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL OF BROOKLYN,NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO UNITED mu. BOX CO- INC., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A.CORPORATION OF NEW YORK CABINET DOOR MOUNTING Application filed February6, 1930. Serial No. 426,230.

This invention relates to an improved cabinet door mounting, and has forits general object and purpose to provide a very simple and durablyconstructed means for mounting the door of a medicine cabinet or thelike whereby the door may be bodily swung or moved to a positionoutwardly spaced and laterally offset from the front open side of thecabinet, and then adjusted to a desired angular position with respect tothe face of the wall in or upon which the cabinet is secured. Thus, themirror secured upon the door face may be readily arranged relative tothe natural or artificial light source to best suit the convenience ofthe user. 1

More specifically, the invention has for one of its objects to providemeans hingedly connecting the inner side of the door on its approximatecentral vertical line with one edge of the front frame of the cabinet,which may be fabricated by the use of simple and inexpensive factoryproduction methods and readily arranged or assembled in connectedrelation with the door and the cabinet frame to provide a rigid andsubstantial support which will effectually prevent sagging or verticaldisplacement of the door relative to the cabinet.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theimproved door mounting for cabinets and in the form, construction andrelative arrangement of the several parts as will be hereinafter morefully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andsubsequently incorporated in the subjoined claim.

In the drawings, wherein I have disclosed one simple and practicalembodiment of my present improvements, and in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a top plan view, illustrating a part of the front frame of acabinet having my present invention applied thereto and showing the doorin full and dotted lines in several different adjusted positionsrelative to said cabinet;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section taken on the line3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 designates a part of the cabinetbody which in the illustrated embodiment of the invention is adapted tobe set within a mortise or recess cut in the face of a wall and rigidlysecured in position by any preferred means. The body wall of the cabinetat the open side thereof has either inte ally formed therewith orsecured to the ca inet walls, an outwardly extending frame as indicatedat 6 having the marginal flange 7 at the outer side thereof disposed inarallel relation with the cabinet walls and t e edge of which is adaptedto abut against the face of the building wall, said frame covering andconcealing the opening or mortise within which the cabinet is mounted.

The door for the open side of the cabinet 5 as generally indicated at 8may be of any approved construction and has suitably secured upon itsouter face, the mirror 9. This door when in closed position is adaptedto abut closely against the face of the frame 6, and is of suchdimensions that the said door projects laterally beyond the top, bottomand side walls of the frame.

The particular improvement constituting the subject matter of thisapplication, resides more particularly in the means whereby the mirrorcarrying door is mounted or supported for bodily displacement relativeto the cabinet frame 6 whereby said door may be disposed in outwardlyspaced relation from the open side of the cabinet an appreciabledistance and readily adjusted to various angles as best suited toprevailing light conditions. To this end, I provide a plate 10 ofappreciable width, the said plate being preferably of comparatively thingauge steel and of a. length somewhat less than the length of the frontopening of the cabinet 5. Upon the opposite vertical edges of said platewhen the same is cut or stamped from the steel sheet, suitably spacedprojections are provided which can be readily turned or bent to form thehinge knuckles indicated at 11 and 12 respectively. At its upper edgeand spaced from the hinge knuckle 11, the plate 10 is 104'- notched orrecessed as indicated at 13 for a purpose which will be presentlyexplained.

To one side of the plate 10, a relatively heavy reinforcing steel plate14 is secured preferably by spot welds as shown at 15. This plate is ofapproximately the same length as the late 10, but is somewhat narrower,one longitudinal edge of the plate 14 being disposed closely adjacent tothe hinge knuckles 12 on the plate 10 while the other longitudinal edgeof the plate 14 is spaced an appreciable distance from the other edge ofthe plate 10 on which the hinge knuckles 11 are provided.

The frame 6 of the cabinet substantially at the juncture of its frontwall with the flange 7, and at suitable vertically spaced points isprovided with slots as clearly shown at 16 in Fig. 3 of the drawings andthrough these slots the hinge plates 17 are disposed, the inner ends ofthe hinge plates being securely welded upon the inner face of the frameflange 7 as shown at 18. The outer end of each of the plates 17 isformed with a hinge sleeve or knuckle 19.

The door 8 is provided with a back plate 20, and said platesubstantially along the vertical center line of the door is provided atvertically spaced points with slots 21 through which hinge plates 22welded to the inner face of the plate 20 as shown at 23 project, theouter ends of said plates 22 being formed with the hinged sleeves orknuckles 24.

As clearly seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the knuckles 11 on one edgeof the plate 10 are arranged above and in alignment with the hingesleeves or knuckles 19 carried by the cabinet frame 6 and are connectedtherewith by the pintles indicated at 25. The upper knuckle 12 on theother edge of the plate 10 is arranged above the upper hinge knuckle 24carried by the door plate 20 while the lower hinge knuckle 12 on theplate 10 is disposed below the lower hinge knuckle 24 on the door plate.These aligned hinge knuckles 12 and 24 are connected by the pintles 26.It will be noted that when the parts are thus connected that thereinforcing plate 14 is on the inner side of the plate 10, and faces theopen side of the cabinet. The inner vertical edge of. plate 14 is spaceda suflicient distance from the hinge knuckles 11 on the plate 10 so thatwhen the door is in its closed position against the cabinet frame 6,said reinforcing plate 14 will be disposed Within the front open side ofthe cabinet body, thus permitting of a very close relation between theback plate 20 of the door and the face of the frame 6. The door 8 isprovided adjacent one of its vertical edges with a suitable latchingmember indicated at 27 to engage a keeper element (not shown) as usuallyprovided on the inner side of one of the body walls of the cabinet.

Any desired means may be provided for limiting the outward hinging orswinging movement of the door carrying plate 10 with respect to thecabinet body, and for this purpose, I have shown the conventionalslotted sliding bar 28 horizontally positioned at the upper side of thecabinet and slidably connected with the stop pin or bolt 29 fixed in theto wall of the cabinet body. The outer end 0 this bar, is pivotallyconnected as at 30 to the inwardly projectin arm of an angular lug 31,the other arm 0 which is disposed within the recess 13 in the plane ofthe plate 10 and rigidly fixed to the reinforcing plate 14 by means of asuitable screw, rivet or other fastening element 32.

Assuming that the door is in a closed position against the face of thecabinet 6, by grasping the edge of the door adjacent to the latch lug 27and pulling outwardly thereon, the latching means may be readilyreleased. As the door is thereafter bodily moved outwardly andlaterally, the supporting plate 10 will freely swing upon the cabinetframe 6 to the position permitted by the slotted link or bar 28 whereinsaid plate extends substantially at right angles to the plane of theframe 6 of the cabinet, thereby spacing the door from the open side ofthe cabinet for a distance substantially equivalent to the width of saidplate. Having moved the door to such open position, it may then be swungrelative to the plane of the plate, 10 to various angular positions asindicated at A and B respectively, so that the mirror carried by thedoor can thus be adjusted as best suited to prevailing light conditionswhere it will best serve the purpose of the user. There is sufficientfriction at the hinge pintles 26 and between the hinge knuckles 12 and24 to retain the door and mirror in its adjusted position against casualor unintentional pivoting movement with respect to the plate 10.

After the use of the device, the door may be readily swung inwardly andreturned to its closed position over the open side of the cabinet whereit entirely covers and substantially conceals the cabinet frame 6 andthus adds to the attractive appearance of the room.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the several structural features of my presentinvention, as well as its advantages in practical use will be clearlyand fully understood. It will be seen that I have provided an adjustabledoor mounting especially constructed and designed for bath room medicinecabinets which is of simple and durable construction, serviceable andconvenient in practical use, and enhances the attractive appearance ofcabinets of this type. I have herein disclosed a preferred structuralform of my invention whereby manufacture and assemblage of the severalparts are greatly facilitated and quantity production ex edited so thata device of this kind embodying such improvements may be manufacturedand sold without greater increasing the cost to the consumer over theordinary medicine cabinet. It is, however, to be understood, thatalthough the described construction is referable, the several details ofthe essentia features of the present disclosure might also beincorporated in various other structural forms, and I therefore, reservethe privilege m of resorting to all such legitimate changes therein asmay be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed.

I claim: In combination with a cabinet having an outwardly projectingwall engaging flange at its open side, said flange being provided withvertically spaced openings at one side of the cabinet, plates fixed tothe inner face of said flange extending outwardly through said openingsand provided with hinge knuckles on their outer ends, a door for theopen side of the cabinet having a back plate provided with verticallyspaced openings, hinge plates fixed to the inner face of said back plateprojecting outwardly through said openings and provided with hingeknuckles on their outer ends, a door supporting plate provided withspaced hinge knuckles on its opposite vertical edges, hinge intlesconnect l0 ing the knuckles on the opposite edges of the plate with thehinge knuckles on the cabinet frame and on the door respectively, and areinforcing plate secured to the inner face of said door supportingplate and disposed withing the open side of the cabinet when the door isin its closed position and in substantial contact with the wall engagingflange of the cabinet, said door being outwardly andlaterallydisplaceable relative to the cabinet frame and adjustable tovarious a'nfgular positions with respect to the plane 0 said supportingplate.

In testimony that I claim .the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name hereto. SAMUEL HAMMER.

